Come Visit Us

We are housed in the beautiful Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies, a building designed to be an active living teaching/demonstration space for students
to learn about environmental stewardship, pollution prevention, and energy and natural
resource management. It is a LEED Platinum-certified green building, the first of
its kind in the California Community College system.

Adjacent to the Kirsch Center is the Cheeseman Environmental Studies Area (the ESA), a unique 1.5 acre lush natural garden containing some 400 species of plants
and trees representing the 12 major natural plant communities found in California
(see the ESA Pictorial Story Map). Originally built by faculty and students, the ESA is now visited by several thousand
school children, college students, conservation group members, and the general community
annually.

Join us at the Kirsch Center to learn how we can forge an environmentally sustainable
future for current and future generations!